Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656064458
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Excerpt from The Old-Spelling Shakespeare, Vol. 8: Being the Works of Shakespeare in the Spelling of the Best Quarto and Folio d104s According to this theory the play must have followed very closely on 2 Henry IV, in which a promise is made of continuing the play with Sir John in it; or Henry V, in which Falstaff's death is reported. It is noteworthy that on the title age of the first Quarto special mention is made of Corporal ym, whose part in the Merry Wiper is confined to a few lines; and it is difficult to account for this - or even for his introduction into the play - except on the ground that he was a known character. There is, perhaps, plausibility in the suggestion of Dr. Johnson that the public disappointment occasioned by the non-appearance of Falstaff in Henry V found its echo in the royal command. On these grounds it may be said that the probability is that the Merry fiver followed Henry V, the argument that the death of Falstaff in the latter work would preclude his revival in a play of which the time is clearly intended to be while Henry V was still the 'madcap Prince of Wales seems totally invalid. Accepting this, the latter part of I 599 may be set down as the probable date of composition. The tradition that Shallow was a caricature of Lucy has received acceptance from many commentators; nothing that is known of Lucy's character would justify us in believing that the immortal Justice was a full-length portrait of Shakespeare's reputed old enemy; but the dozen white luces, ' the deer stealing and Shallow' s exaggerated anger at the incident, and F alstafl' s summary, Twere better for you it were known in counsel; you'll be laughed at, ' suggest irresistibly that Lucy's behaviour is satiric'ally referred to in this scene. As Sir Thomas Lucy died in July 1600 it is obviously improbable that the play was composed after this date, if this tradition is to be accepted in any part or form. This agrees with the conclusion that the play followed closely on Henry V at latest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781354927410
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Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Author: William Shakespeare
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Author: Frederick James Furnivall
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781346754123
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Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1436
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Author: Alexander Dyce
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375168020
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Author: William 1564-1616 Shakespeare
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781373355225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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